Soap dish



June 10 1924. 1,497,464

- J. POSTAL SOAP DISH Filed May 29. 1922 mv ENTOR Jacofilasial ATTORNEYBY '6 fM Patented June 16, 1924.

JACOB POSTAL, OF NEW YORK, N.

Y., ASSIGNOR TO UNITED WIRE GOODS MFG. 00., OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOAP DISH.

Application filed May 29,

To all whom it may concern 'Be it known that I, JACOB POSTAL, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of New York city, borough ofManhattan,

county and State of New York, l1aveinvented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Soap Dishes, of which the following is a specification. r-This invention relates to an improved 1 soap dish or analogousreceptacle and has particular reference to articles of this characterwhich are constructed of enameled wire. It has been heretofore proposedto provide means whereby such asoapdish or receptacle may be hung orsuspended between the spaced faucets of a sink, bath or laundry tub. Ofsuch devices, the patent to'Reigger, No. 950,559 of March 1st, 1910,discloses an example. It will, however, be

observed that the suspension means or hangers for the tray are pivotallyconnected to. the opposite sides or ends thereof. It is not possibl toenamel these pivotally movable hangers and so connect the same 26 to thetray that the enameling will not be broken. After a short period of" usethe enamel cracks and breaks off from the contacting portions of therelatively movable parts so that the dish or tray presents an 30unsightlyappearance. It is, therefore, the primary object of my presentimprovement to provide such a dish or receptacle provided with means forhanging or suspending the same between spaced faucets and having allparts of the receptacle itself, as wellas the hangers, enameled.

More p articularly, the present invention provides hangers suitablyconnected to opposits sides or ends of the dish and which maybe properlyadjusted in accordance with the space between the faucets withoutliability of cracking or breaking the enamel. Incidentally,- I providehangers for the dish or tray which are so constructed that theindividual hangers provide means which serves as a holder Or supportfora tooth brush, nail brush or the like.

- lVith theaboveand other objects in view, the present inventionconsists in the improvedsoap dish or receptacle as will be hereinaftermore particularly described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings and1922. Serial No. 564,310.

subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims. i

In the drawing wherein I have shown several preferred embodimentsof theinven-v tion and in which similar reference. characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improvedsoap dish Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail. perspective view showing the manner ofconnection of'one of the hangers of the tray or dish; Fig. at is afragmentary side elevation illustrating a slightly modified form' ofhanger, and y Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing stillanother alternative construction. A

In the embodiment ofthe invention illus,- trated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 ofthe drawings, the dishor tray which may be of any desired or improvedshape, preferably, though not necessarily, includes a marginal framewire 5 As hereinshown, this. frame is .of rectangular formin plan'andajplurality of equi-distantly spaced transversely eX- tending .wires 6have their end portions angularly bent and welded or otherwise per.-manently fixed at their extremities to the underside ofthe frame wire 5.Spaced longitudinally extending wires? are disposed beneath and incontact with the wires 6 and also have their end portions upwardlyextended and welded to the ends of the framewire 5. The wires 6 and 7are preferably of less diameter than the frame wire 5 It will beunderstood of course, that the dish or tray proper which I havejust described .may be of any desired depth and may be utilized as a holderorreceptacle to receive a bath sponge, brush: or other articles as well asa soap cake.

The dish or receptacle is adapted to be detachably mounted and suspendedbetween spaced faucets by means of two; pairs of hangers 8 which arerespectively secured to the opposite ends of the dish inthe followingmanner. Each hanger is formed from a single length of wire one end .ofwhich is angularly bent, as at 9. Adjacent to the bend in the wire saidwire is engaged with the marginal frame 5 so that the end portion 9extends outwardly in parallel rela-' tion to the wires 7 and at itsextremity, engages the sid portion of the frame wire 5. At the point ofcont-act of the hanger 8 with the frame 5 the two wires are securelywelded or otherwise permanently fixed to each other. I have referred tothe hangers 8 as being fixed to the opposite ends of the dish orreceptacle frame, but it is to be considered as within, the scope of thepresent invention to fix these hanger wires to one of the wires 6 if sodesired.

The hangers 8 project laterally from the ends of the dish or receptaclein parallel relation to each other, and each of the hanger wireshas itsintermediate portion formed into a transversely elongated loop or coil10 spaced from the end of the marginal frame5 and projecting outwardlytowards the side of the dish. From the inner sides of thesecoils 10 thefree end portions of the hanger wires are upwardly extended and formedinto the open loops or hooks 11 which are adapted to be engaged aroundthe upper portions of the water faucet as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Thehooks 11 of each pair of hangers at opposite ends of the tray or dishare disposed at opposite sides of the upwardly projecting hub or casingof the faucet in which the valve cock is housed.

.-All parts of the wire dish as well as the hangers 8 are enameled, thusmaterially add ing to the attractive appearance of the article. ,y Byproviding a rigid or fixed connection between the hangers and thereceptacle, breaking or cracking of the enamel will be obviated. At thesame time, however, owingto the provision of the yieldable loops orcoils 10 in the hanger wires, thesehangers may be adjusted as indicatediii-dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3 so that the hangers on opposite endsof the receptacle can bespaced apart for the distance necessary in orderto enable the hooks 11 to be properly engaged with the spaced faucets.In this adjustment of the hangers, the enamel covering the hanger wireis vnot broken, as it possesses suflicient elasticity to permit. of theslight variation in the angular positions of the hooks 11 which may berequired.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a slight modification wherein each hanger isprovided with two of the elongated loops or coils 10 which will permitof a more extensive adjustment of the suspending hooks.

In Fig. 5, another alternative form is illustrated wherein the loops orcoils 10 v are disposed in vertical planes instead of being horizontallyarranged as in the other embodiments of the invention.

In each form ofthe device above referred t,o, the loops and the hangerwires, in addition to their function of permitting of the angularadjustment of the suspending hooks 11, provide convenient means forsupporting or holding a tooth or nail brush or similar article. c

From the foregoing description considered in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction, manner of use and severaladvantages of my improved soap dish or receptacle will be clearlyunderstood. It will be seen that the essential feature of my improvementresides in the provision of the faucet engaging hangers which areadjustable relative to the body of thedish or receptacle and are soconnected th reto that the enameling covering the ,metallic wires willnot be cracked or broken. This idea might, of course be carried out inpractise by various other alternative constructions than those to whichI have particularly referred and it will therefore be understood thatthe privilege is reserved of resorting to all such legitimatemodifications in the form, proportion and arrangementof the severalparts as may be clearly embodied within the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

I claim: 1

1. A combined soap and tooth brush holder comprising a soap dish andhide pendent wire hangersv projecting in pairs from opposite endsthereof, the wiresof-each pair having hooks adapted to engageoppo} sitesides of one faucet and being provided between said hooks and the dishwith horizontally disposed individual integral expansion coils whichserve the double, function of tooth brush holders and hanger expanders.H v

2. A combined soap dish and article holder comprising a soap dish havingatop rim, spaced resilient wire hangers at each end of the soap dish,each hanger wire having an end portion extending beneath t he top rim ofthe soap dish and rigidly fixed thereto, the other end of each hangerwire being formed into a hook adapted tobe engaged upon a water faucet,each of said wires being further provided intermediate of its ends withan expansible coil to receive and support an article and to permit saidhooks to be independently movedrel'ative to the ends of the soap dishwhereby W the pairs of hangers may be properly ngaged with spacedfaucets to suspend the soap dish therebetween. V r

3. A combined soap dish and article holder comprising a soapdishhzivinga rectangular top rim, spaced resilient hanger membersprojecting laterally from each end of the soap vdish and each consistingof a length of resilient wire bent at one of its ends to provide a hookadapted torbe engaged upon a water faucet, said wire at its other endterminating in a laterallybeht portion extending at right angles to theplane of said hook, said bent end portion of ting of the independentrelative adjustment the wire being engaged with the underside of saidhook and also adapted to receive 10 of the transverse and longitudinalportions and support an article.

of said rectangular rim and rigidly fixed In testimony that I claim theforegoing thereto, and each of said hanger Wires havas my invention Ihave signed my name ing an expansible coil formed in its interhereunder.

mediate portion and disposed at one side of the plane of said hook, saidcoil permit- JACOB POSTAL.

